Siegfried 461-732
Siegfried: Act One 461-538
Siegfried: Act One, Scene One 461-490
[S.1.1] Mime's forge: Mime and Siegfried 461-490
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[S.1.1: A] Gloomy Prelude: (#101) Mime: Siegfried breaks all my swords, but I can’t re-forge Nothung, the only sword that would serve. 461-462
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[S.1.1: B] Mime: Only with Nothung can Siegfried kill Fafner and win Alberich's Ring for me. (#102) Yet I can't forge Nothung! 462-464
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[S.1.1: C] (#103) Siegfried sets a bear on Mime, breaks Mime’s latest sword on the anvil, and expresses his contempt and loathing for Mime, (#104) the shameful bungler. 464-467
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[S.1.1: D] Mime (#41 Duple Vari) describes in detail all that Siegfried owes him for room, board, and loving care, but Siegfried treats Mime with disdain. Mime: (#105) From a suckling babe I brought you up, teaching you much, as if you were a second self. 467-472
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[S.1.1: E] Siegfried: Since I despise you so much, why do I always return home? Mime: (#106) It proves how dear to your heart I must be! (#107) Whimpering, young things long for their parents' nest. 473-474
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[S.1.1: F] Siegfried: Answer another question: (#108) Among the animals I saw fathers and mothers living fondly with each other and building nests for their young. So where’s my mother? Mime: I’m your father and mother. Siegfried: Liar! I've noticed children resmble their parents. 474-476
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[S.1.1: G] Siegfried: I get it! I come back so you can tell me who my true parents are. Mime: Yes, I'm not your parent, but you owe me for your upbringing! 476-479
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[S.1.1: H] Mime: Your suffering mother (#66) Sieglinde died (#66) giving you birth, leaving you in my care. I don't recall your father's name. 479-482
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[S.1.1: I] Siegfried: Show me proof! Mime: Here’s the pieces of your dying father's sword. Siegfried: (#109) Re-forge it: then I'll wield my rightful sword and (#110) I'm off into the world! You're not my father, my home's far away! Fleet as the fish, free as the finch as it soars, (#111) I fly from here and float away, never to see you again! 483-487
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[S.1.1: J] Mime: I’m trapped! To my age-old plight ["Noth"] (#19) I can add a new one. How lead Siegfried to Fafner’s lair now? (#112) How re-forge Nothung? 487-490
Siegfried: Act One, Scene Two 491-512
[S.1.2] Mime's forge: Mime and the Wanderer (Wotan) 491-512
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[S.1.2: A] (#112) Wanderer: (#113) I wander the earth (Erda) to gain knowledge: many wise men don't know what they need. Mime: I know enough! Leave! 491-498
